Sylvia Eloise ‘Sugar’ Hudon Ouellette Laquerre

Sylvia Eloise “Sugar” Hudon Ouellette Laquerre, 94, a life-long resident of Nashua NH, passed away peacefully on Thursday June 8th, 2023. Born in Nashua on October 17, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Eva (St. Onge) Hudon.

The fifth of seven children, Sylvia was fondly nicknamed “Sugar” as a baby, a name that stayed with her through life. She attended Saint Louis de Gonzague Elementary School and graduated from Saint Louis de Gonzague High School. She worked as a telephone operator at the New England Telephone Company in Nashua for nine years. In 1956, she married Lionel Ouellette, with whom she raised two sons. In 1967, Sugar and Lionel opened the Sugar and Spice Day Care at their home on Cross Street in Nashua, which they operated for thirteen years. Lionel, passed away unexpectedly in January 1979, but “Auntie Sugar” continued to run the day care on her own for another five years. In 1984, she married Raymond Laquerre, a retired Nashua fire fighter, who predeceased her in January 2015. After closing the day care, she spent over twenty-five years helping in the community.

Sugar was a devout Catholic and avid volunteer. As a parishioner of the former Saint Francis Xavier Church, she served on the social, finance, cemetery, and bereavement committees. Sugar was also a parishioner of Saint Aloysius of Gonzaga Parish. She volunteered at the Parish Nurse Center for Wellness at Milette Manor blood pressure clinic and the Edward V. Karg Day Away program.

Throughout her life, Sugar was a devoted and compassionate daughter, sister, niece, wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, auntie, and friend.

Sugar is survived by her two sons, Phillip Ouellette and his wife Alecia of Oviedo, FL, and Victor Ouellette and his wife Louise of Chester, NH; and her three grandchildren Jeremiah and Emily Ouellette of Oviedo, FL, and Nicole Ouellette of Everett, MA. She also leaves many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her beloved husbands, Sugar was predeceased by her six siblings: Rita Smith of Kinston, NC; Theresa Hamel of Milford, NH; Ursula Cote, Pauline Chisholm, and Raymond Hudon of Nashua, NH; and Victor Hudon of Arlington, TX.

The family wishes to acknowledge and express our thanks for the wonderful care that Sugar received from The Hunt Community and Bayada Hospice.

Relatives and friends are invited to Sugar’s visitation on WEDNESDAY, June 14th from 3 until 7 PM at ROCHETTE FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, 21 Kinsley St., Nashua. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on THURSDAY, June 15th at Saint Aloysius of Gonzaga Parish Church, 48 West Hollis St., Nashua at 10 AM. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO MEET AT THE CHURCH. Interment will follow in Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, 32 Pine Hill Rd, Nashua. Sugar and her family prefer memorial donations in lieu of flowers be made in Sugar’s name to: Corpus Christi Food Pantry and Assistance, 3 Crown St., Nashua NH 03060 or corpuschristifoodpantry.org.